I Am What I Am, So Take

Association With Women Is The Basis Of Good Manners.

People Who Think Honestly And Deeply Have A Hostile Attitude Towards The Public.

A Stated Truth Loses Its Grace, But A Repeated Error Appears Insipid And Ridiculous.

And Those Whom Once My Song Had Cheered And Gladdened, If Still They Live, Rove Through The World Now Saddened.

Artists Have A Double Relationship Towards Nature: They Are Her Master And Her Slave At The Same Time. They Are Her Slave In So Far As They Must Work With Means Of This World So As To Be Understood; Her Master In So Far As They Subject These Means To Their Higher Goals And Make Them Subservient To Them.